Spurred on by Veracity's faith and adoration, Igor does indeed succeed
in striking for 16 points and damaging the Jade Spider. But Spider
swipes back - leg slash - critical for 42 physical plus - second leg
hits 15 for plus bite/miss.

Veracity puts on her ring of invisibility and flies up into the
room. She hovers over her headstrong, fighting partner - Igor, in case
he should fall and need to be picked up and whisked away from danger.

Brianna sings for Veracity - mainly - and also a little for the rest of
the party. ;-)

Kress moves into the room - as a diversion - to help Igor. Spider swipes
him opportunistically for 22 pnts of damage.

Tebryn steps into the doorway and assesses the situation and Hastes
everyone in range = everyone except Yol.

Hazen flies into the room, to do battle, try to flank. Hazen whips out
his dagger and it slips out of his hand and skids across the stone
floor.

Yol lumbers up like a Zombie (still nose-less) and shoots Magic Missiles
and they bounce off the Jade Spider, ineffectively.

Igor strikes again - hits for 30points - much better this time!! Igor,
hasted, strikes and hits again...bringing it down to 60% vitality. But
he takes wounding, bleeding damage each round. He strikes again, hasted,
and hits for another 12 points - grand total 43. He gets hit in return
by slashing legs. Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! It successfully bites him this
time. Ouch! Igor teeters on the verge of falling...but gets an
opportunistic attack first and so does more damage... then teeter again,
about to pass out.

Veracity swoops down and scoops up Igor. Igor protests, but allows
himself to be "swept off his feet" by the Heroic Lady Veracity. She
carries him in her arms like a baby and takes him to Yol in hopes of
healing. The Jade Spider lets them go and concentrates its efforts on
Kress.

Igor wraps his arms gratefully around his invisible (but still very
corporeal and womanly) rescuer and blows in her ear as she's
flying. Veracity, intent on getting Igor to Yol, does not notice.

Yol nearly smiles, gets stars in her eyes and says, "Yesssss, bring him
to me, dead or alive... I will take care of him..." Veracity lays Igor
down at Yol's smelly, Zombie feet. Igor barely prevents himself from
passing out from the fumes!

Kress valiantly continues to battle the Jade Spider, striking it three
times successfully.

Tebryn attempts Magic Missiles and they sink in this time for 16 points
of damage. The Jade Spider stops moving! (Sing praises of Tebryn!!)

Hazen checks out the room. A 5ft shaft opens into this chamber; there
are two doors in the large stone walls. Shaft continues to room above
and room below.

For no apparent reason Hazen goes invisible.

Veracity expresses concern about the possibility of a Beholder moving
through the shafts... "I hope there's not another one of those bloated
head things with all the eye stalks!"

Hazen finally tells us be believes that someone or something invisible
has just walked in.

Yol takes care of Igor and now he is only down 110 points. He takes out
a wand of cure light wounds and shakes it about and tries to cure
himself some more.

Yol says, "You may want to let ME to that. But try it yourself first."

Igor emulates a Spell Caster to get through his own Spell Immunity. But,
because of the special vibrations of this town he would have to have
Spellcraft to succeed and he doesn't. So he uses up a charge, but no
healing occurs.

Yol says, "Okay, so give ME the wand now."

Veracity flies back into the main room (spider room) and sees
(invisible) a male undead drow guy, "Revenant." Veracity delays for now.

Revenant has a halberd and is moving around the shaft to reach
Kress. Hits Kress with his halberd - "something interesting happens when
the weapon strikes" = the male revenant seems to gain strength - a
vampiric type effect.

This revenant guy is different from the two that escaped earlier!

Igor is pleading with Yol, "Get me back into battle; I can hear the
others fighting; I want to get back into battle!!"

Yol says calmly, "You will just have to be patient and let me use your
wand of healing. I have used up my other spells."

Kress steps up and hits the Revenant 4 times, successfully, and it dies
(again).

Tebryn checks out the room it came from. This room is an armory. There
is a skull on the floor - lit with emerald green fire (Fairy Fire) and
lights dancing around it.

Tebryn is emboldened by Igor's pigheadedness and copies it with
pigheadedness of his own...he forges recklessly (no checking for traps)
into the room - singing - "Igor is my King!"

Hazen, another pighead, follows Tebryn, oink, oink, into the closet
Hazen looks at the skull - in fascination.

One of the monk assassins we had defeated (who ran away) appears
suddenly and drops down the shaft and Veracity hits it for 18pnts before
it rises up again.

Veracity doesn't feel a draft or anything with her hand over the
shaft. Veracity, having hit, is no longer invisible.

Kress is bleeding (from Jade Spider still) and Yol gives him a Cure
Light spell. Whic seems strange, since she told Igor she used up all her
curing spells and so had to use his wand. Or, does she use his wand on
Kress? (it was confusing)

Veracity suddenly notices Igor standing in the room. She gives Igor a
good tongue lashing for his reckless behavior! "I can't believe you did
that. That was totally irresponsible - running around a dangerous castle
all by yourself. Who knows what might have eaten you. You're lucky to be
alive, mister!"

Igor says, "I would have stopped if no one had followed me..."

"Good!" says Veracity. "Everybody - listen up - if Igor chases the enemy
on his own again - DO NOT follow him!!"

Brianna opens a door to the stairs, "Here are stairs, guys. Stairs UP if
you want to chase that Revenant guy up there...??"

Igor initially wants to run up there, but still has to be cured some
more and then it gets to be too late. Besides, greed wins over with
Veracity and she wants to go back to the Drow Master's room and check
out his "antechamber" room with Brianna's key.

In this room - armory closet - we find:

Haste expires. Tebryn's "fly goes down." Others are grossed out.

Yol heals Kress and Igor - but not healed fully - cause Igor wants to
save some charges of his wand for emergencies. (Uses 8 charges.)

Veracity to Tebryn: "What's with the green, glowing skull, just a prank?"

Tebryn: "Yup. Near as we can tell."

Tebryn does a detect magic to check out the items - not magical, but
"good stuff" he tells us about most. Halberd, though, emits "Evocation"
- very strongly! Tebryn says, perhaps it had a spell on it, but it isn't
actually a vampiric weapon. "Hazen, may I hit you?"

Hazen: "Perhaps another day."

Breastplate and ring also magic and longbow, etc.

Veracity wants to move on and find more loot!

Hazen, "Veracity, you are a woman after my own heart, so keep your paws
out of my chest (must mean his treasure chest)."

Veracity, "Certainly, you can keep your family jewels to yourself,
Hazen!"

Tebryn recaps and speaks of strategy...

Veracity speaks of loot on THIS level! "Brianna and I can go back and
check out the treasure. You boys can go up the stairs."

Hazen, "Let's not break up. I'll come with you."

Tebryn, "Okay, okay, then we'll go back for the loot and THEN we'll come
back here and go UP."

Veracity, "Sounds like a plan."

Tebryn, "It may or may not be a good plan. But a plan it is."

Brianna, "I do want to point out, dear..."

Veracity, "Yes? I'm so glad you are unharmed! And how lovely you look!"

Brianna, "I want to remind you of two things - your avatar said to go to
the undying temple AND Khumarr said that the Temple we seek was
UP.... So your destiny is likely UP - regardless of..."

Veracity, "Yes, yes, my darling, BUT I might find something to aid me in
my quest in the treasure trove on this level."

So we go back and try Khumarr's rooms with the key, in Brianna's keeping.

First we find a room that's not locked and is just a store room.

Tebryn's notes

Igor closes on the Jade Spider. It strikes at him with a leg slash,
hitting easily, were it not for his cloak of displacement. Igor
strikes it a might blow with his greatsword for 43-15=28 points of
damage.
The Jade Spider criticals Igor with a leg slash for 42 points of
damage. It slashes him again for 15 points. It bites him and misses
him.
Veracity goes invisible and flies into the room.
Brianna moves up and stands outside the door, continueing to sing.
Kress moves up and offers himself to the creature. It slashes him with a
leg, doing a mere 22 points of damage.
Tebryn steps up next to Brianna and casts haste on everybody
except Yol.
Hazen flies over to flank it. He stabs it for 11-15 = 0 damage. His
dagger skitters ineffectively over it's stony body.
Igor takes the opportunity to hit is for 42-17=15 points.
Yol lumbers up just like a zombie and casts magic missiles at the
creature, just like a zombie does not. The missiles fizzle ineffectively.

Igor bleeds for 2 points of "wounding" damage. Igor strikes for
30-15=15, for 31-15=16 and misses and 27-15=12 points.
The Jade Spider leg slashes him for 21 points. It slashes him again for
19 points. It bites him for 9 points. He makes his Fortitude save. Igor
has regenerated, but is still in the single digits.
Veracity swoops down to pick up Igor. She carries him out of the
room. Igor goes willingly. She takes him and drops him on his head next
to Yol.
Brianna sings bracingly for Kress.
Kress bleeds for 1 point of "wounding" damage.
Kress drops his shield and power attacks the Jade Spider. He hits for
28-15=13, misses, hits for 29=15=14, hits for 24-15=9.
Tebryn casts magic missiles at the construct, dealing 16 points
of damage to it. It stops moving.
Hazen cravenly goes invisible yet again.
Hazen senses an invisible person. Tebryn sees an invisible revenant walk
through one of the door.
Yol casts cure moderate for 17 points on Igor.

Igor pulls out his wand of cure light wounds. He successfully
uses a charge from it, but, has absolutely no idea whatsoever, no siree bob,
of figuring out how to make it work in the presence of the Weave
Disruption.
Veracity flies back into the room. When she gets in, she sees the male
drow revenant.
Brianna continues singing for her friends.
Revenant wields a halberd. He steps 5 feet and strikes Kress, dealing 19
points of damage and 16 more vampiric damage. He misses, twice.
Kress bleeds for 1 point. He steps five feet up to the revenant. He
hits it for 31 points, 24 point, 27 points, and 31 points. It falls.
Tebryn walks across the room and enters the door. Small room which looks
like an armory. There is a skull lit with emerald green fire on the
floor with lights dancing around it.
Hazen follows Tebryn's lead and enters the room. He is fascinated by the
skull. He approaches it but doesn't touch it. Yet. But, how long can he
resist the lure?
Yol casts cure light on Igor for 9 points.

Igor deactivates his cloak.
Veracity hovers near the door where Hazen and Tebryn are in.
Brianna stops singing and moves into the room. She steps up to the door
and searches it. She finds nothing.
One of the earlier revenants drops down the shaft. Veracity takes the
opportunity to hit it for 18 points. It rises up again.
Kress bleeds. "Medic!" he calls.
Yol does cure light on Kress for 10 points.

Igor and Veracity bicker about Igor's rashness.

Brianna opens the door and sees stairs. "Igor, you wanted to chase the
fleeing revenants? Here's a staircase up!"

Igor and Veracity bicker more.

Tebryn suggests that Yol heal up Igor and Kress, while he and Hazen pack
up the "stuff".

"Lets go back to the other room and see what other loot we can find,"
says Veracity.

"You are a woman after my own heart," says Hazen.

"Darling," says Brianna. "I just want to remind you that Loviatar said
that the Undying Temple was above the Castle, and so did
Khumarr. These stairs here go up, so going up them might be the right
way to go to fulfill your quest!"

Veracity nods. "I do want to go up. But lets find Khumarr's loot. There
might be something there to aid me."

We decide to go back to Khumarr's suite and loot it, before coming back
to chase the revenants up the stairs. We go back to Khumarr's suite.